Comments on: Exhaust & Engine Repaint

By: Hedonist666

Hedonist666 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:48:12 +0000

Hiya, sounds like quite a project you have on your hands - do you have a blog? My plans pretty much fell to pieces, we couldn’t get engine issues sorted after numerous trips to the mechanic and in the end my hubby decided he needed a reliable bike to commute to work every day and we traded the Honda in.. So I’m left with a bunch of parts off Ebay and no bike to fit them onto Anyway, you know how life is.. too many things to do, too little time. So at the moment there is no project, but maybe in time I’ll be able to start something new and post something useful again…
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By: Orion

Orion — Sat, 29 May 2010 12:25:59 +0000

it’s been a year and i see no more post since last year.So Ill leave ya one.howd the project come out?Im rectifying 2 bikes currently. 78 cb550k and my 2nd wife 85 v65 1100 saber. theres a looong story bout the saber i could talk about fer hours. but ill keep it simple. i took it into a local machanic he stripped the threads out of 1 hole on the lower case block said he couldnt do anything for me.orig he was gonna put oil mod kit cam chain tensioner and a performance undercut transmission and clean my carbs.i bought the parts his labor was 880.00.i got her on my 34 b day may 8 last year. he did his work. and i picked up my bike in peices.had to buy 5 totes to carry the 250 lb motor home. i was crushed oh and by the way it was on the 8th when i picked her up.but im convinced all things happen fer a reason. and im gonna completly restore her.and gonna do alot of the work body wise my self i gotta neibor thats a pretty good wrench to help with the mechanical stuff cause i stink at that.but i found a parts bike thats had all the mechanical stuff done that i wanted to do i just gotta swap the motor.and a few other things that look a little better than whats on my saber. the cb 550k is just about done.ill keep you posted on the saber if your still out there peace from michigan.

By: Hedonist666

Hedonist666 — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:54:12 +0000

Hi David, welcome back! That is an interesting topic indeed… Just one issue; I know next to nothing about chrome! I’ll try finding some information on the topic, although I’ve generally stuck to writing about stuff I’m involved with myself, or at least plan to do in the near future.

Could you shed some light on your own experience with mirror polishing? If I cannot share my own personal experience in a post, I’d like to at least incorporate somebody else’s!

By: David

David — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:05:29 +0000

Nice article - can I suggest a piece on chroming vs polishing. I’ve heard lots of horror stories about expensive chrome jobs flaking after just a few months so I’ve gone for mirror polishing. The difference between “Show Chrome”, “Triple Chrome” and “Polishing” vs “Mirror Polishing” is immense and its really difficult to find suppliers you can trust as most want the parts sent to them for pricing.

What are the pros and cons of each? What should you look for in a good supplier? Which parts are better suited to polishing rather than chroming and why?